She brings those same fingers up to her lips, tasting as she turns her head and our eyes finally meet. Fuck, the way she looks at me. It renders me sp...echless as her eyes pierce through, like she was reaching for parts of me only she knew how to touch.“Convincing enough?” I finally manage then take a decent size bite of the fruit, letting the fresh juices roll down. The fan rotates our way, taking notice of the droplet hanging from my nipple, sending a wave of goosebumps through me. Slowly,. She paused. "First, though, there is one last thing I need to do to clear the air. Will you try to understand why and not get pissed off right away?"Warily, I nodded, wiping my eyes and tossing the towel on the counter. My makeup was a loss.Gretchen gave me a tender smile. "I love you." Then she slapped me. It wasn't really hard, but it caught me completely off-guard."Owww! What the fuck?" I asked, holding a hand to my stinging face."Wife or not, nobody calls me a whore. Don't ever do that. It wasn't like there was a ten-day countdown or anything like that. It would be within the next few years though, because my ticker didn't tick just right anymore.I didn't know exactly what was wrong with it, because I didn't have the money to find out. People that are too proud to file for disability until they just can't do a damned thing anymore should take a warning from me. If you go too long scraping by without filing, you could end up going past the recent quarters limit. Best to file. Once again I felt an attack of the giggles coming on. caught myselfbefore laughing aloud. Not even finished with the first week of schooland here I was assuming that I was going to do better than everybody!Still, I was determined. If I was going to go to school at all, I wasn'tgoing to be wasting my time with the effort. And, maybe being in thesame class as Sam would actually be helpful to him. He always loved agood contest. My being there would help keep him on his toes. Besides,I'd be able.